Ateles geoffroyi Kuhl 1820 (black-handed spider monkey)

Mammalia - Primates - Atelidae

Belongs to Ateles according to C. M. Meireles et al. 1999

See also Kellogg and Goldman 1944

Sister taxa: Ateles belzebuth, Ateles chamek, Ateles fusciceps, Ateles hybridus, Ateles marginatus, Ateles paniscus

Subtaxa: Ateles geoffroyi vellerosus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Barro Colorado Island (Quaternary of Panama)

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